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Pulsatilla hirsutissima (Pursh) Britton. Crowfoot family ( Rantinculaceae ) . 



SijiKDiijin. — Aneiitoiie jxdeus \ar. nnUaU'Ktiia A. (Iray. 

 American pasqueflower; American Pulsatilla. 



Native, perennial herb, 6 to 16 inches high, found in the prairie regions of Illi- 

 nois, west to the Rocky ]\Iountains and the Northwest. 

 Part lined. — Flowering herb (nonofficial). 



Purging-root. See Euphorbia coroUata. 



Purslane, black. See Euphorbia nutans. 



Purslane, milk-. See Euphorbia nutans. 



Pussy-willow. See Salix nigra. 



Putty-root. S&e Aplectrum spicatum. 



Pycnanthemum montanum Michx. Same as Koellia montana. 



Pycnantliemum pilosum Nutt. Same as Koellia pilnsa. 



Pyramid-flower. See Ih'asern caroli)iensis. 



'Pyrethrum parthenium Smith. Same as Chrysanthemtmi parthenium. 



Pyrus americana DC. Same as Sorbus americana. 



Quack-grass. See Agropyro)i repens. 



Queen-Anne's-lace. See Daucus carofa. 



Queen-of-the-meadow. See Enpatorixm piirpureum. 



Queen's-delight. See Stillingia sylvafini. 



Queensland asthma-weed. See Euphorhin pihUlfera. 



Queen' s-root. See Stillingia sylvatica. 



Quercus. See Quercus alba. 



Quercus alba L. Beech family (Fagaceae). 



Quercus; white oak; stone-oak. 



Large, indigenous forest tree, 50 to 100 feet in height, in woods from Maine to 

 Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. More abundant in the Middle States. 



Part used. —Bark, "collected frona trunks or l^ranches 10 to 25 years of age, and 

 deprived of the periderm" (official). 



Quercus rubra L. Beech family (Fagaceae), 



Red oak; champion-oak; Spanish oak. 



Large, wide-spreading, indigenous forest tree, about 70 feet in height, from Nova 

 Scotia to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. More common in the 

 Northern States and in Canada. 



Part used. — Bark (nonofficial). 

 Quinine-flower. See Sabbatia elliottii. 

 Quinine-herb. See Sabbatia elliottii. 

 Quinine-plant. See Sabbatia elliottii. 

 Quiverleaf. See Populus tremuloides. 



Ragged-cuj). See Silphium perfoliatum. 

 Ragweed. See Ambrosia artemisiaefolia. 

 Ragwort, golden. See Senecio aureus. 

 Raspberry, black. See liubus occidentalis. 

 Raspberry, ground-. See Hydrastis canadensis. 

 Raspberr\-, wiUl red. See Rubus strigosus. 

 Rattle-root. See Cimicifuga racemosa. 

 Rattlesnake-herb. See Actaea alba and .1. rubra. 



